On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Police Department released video footage showing an LAPD officer running a red light in an LAPD SUV patrol car at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Gower Street in Hollywood while a pedestrian carrying a guitar crossed the street in a clearly marked crosswalk.
As the LAPD officer moved northbound towards the pedestrian with their emergency lights on, the driver seemingly swerved to the right, presumably to avoid the pedestrian.
Moments later, another driver in a Nissan Altima, traveling westbound towards a green light, T-boned the back fender of the patrol car. The collision sent the backend of the LAPD patrol car flying into the pedestrian crossing the street, launching them into a Mercedes Benz, which was stopped at a red light, before the patrol car ran them over.
“After the crash, officers immediately requested rescue ambulances for the injured parties,” according to an LAPD statement. The pedestrian, identified as a 27-year-old resident of London, was later transferred to a hospital, where they were pronounced dead.